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May 3, 2008 6:56 PM

Microsoft-Yahoo: It's over. What do you think?

Posted by Benjamin J. Romano

The announcement this afternoon that Microsoft is dropping its proposal to buy Yahoo looks to be accompanied by no ifs, ands or buts. In a letter to Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer indicated no plans to launch a hostile takeover, and a company adviser said bluntly, "The offer is off the table."

See this post on Brier Dudley's blog for the full text of the letter. Here's my story on the news.

So what do you think? Was this a good move or a bad move? How is Microsoft going to catch Google without Yahoo? How annoyed are you that after three months of anxious waiting we've got bupkis?

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Posted by Kma

7:05 AM, May 04, 2008

Thank goodness... I was just getting started researching all the different places I could move my on-line email and my club bulletin boards and chat rooms. It seems as though the Evil Empire has learned (maybe learned) that just because it wants something, doesn't mean it should have it.

Posted by AkaPella

7:41 AM, May 04, 2008

First off, calling Microsoft the evil empire by the poster Kma is a pathetic & uneducated observation. Microsoft would be smart to spend their money elsewhere. I hope they use those billions to purchase exciting emerging technologies that they can bring to the masses (something they do very well).

Posted by Peter

3:42 PM, May 04, 2008

The Microsoft-Yahoo deal was a bad match from the beginning. Microsoft is a follower in every market they are in, and Yahoo an Internet leader.

I have been a paying Yahoo customer for nine years; had Microsoft purchased Yahoo, my trust in Yahoo would have plummeted, and I would probably have moved my services elsewhere, including giving up the e-mail address I've had the longest (9 yrs) since 1985 when I had my first Internet e-mail address (unrvax!bally!pete).